Utility cabinets for toilets



Feb. 23, 1965 F. D. CICATELLO 3,170,158

UTILTY CABINETS FOR TOILETS Filed June 24. 1963 INVENTOR.

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United States Patent a 3,170,168 UTILITY QABENE'IS FUR TGILE'IS Frank D.'Cicatelle, 111 Norden $1., taten Island 4 NY. Filed lane 24, 1963, Ser.No. 210,98 1 filaim. (Cl. 4-1) My invention relates to bathroomaccessory and/or utility cabinets.

It is an object of my invention to provide new and improved cabinets ofthe character indicated which can be secured interchangeably :to eitherthe left hand or the right hand side of the water tank of a toilet.

Another object is to provide new and improved cabinets of the characterindicated which can be manufactured easily and inexpensively.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of myinvention will now be explained with reference both to thisspecification and to the drawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of my invention;

FIGURE 2 is a cross section through 22 of FIG- URE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of a cabinet partially in cross sectionas used in FIGURE 1; 7

FIGURE 4 is an exploded view of the hanger brackets;

FIGURE 5 is a side view of the hanger'brackets as FIGURE 6 is aperspective view of another cabinet as usable in FIGURE 1.

Referring now to FIGURES l-S, there is shown a toilet 1b having a watertank 12 having a removable top cover 14. Secured to the left side 16 oftank 12 are two cabinets 13 and Ztl stacked one above the other. Asingle cabinet 22 is secured to the right side 24 of tank 12.

Each of the cabinets is provided with a horizontal slot 26 which can bein one or both vertical walls of the cabinet which are parallel to thesides of the tank. A hanger bracket 28 in the form of a metal platehaving a vertical center section 30 and two end sections 32 and 34 canbe used to hang the cabinets. In particular end section 34 has a curveddown lip which engages the top of tank 12 underneath the cover 14, andsection 32 has a curved up lip which engages the slot 26.

3,170,168 Patented Feb. 23, 1965 When two cabinets are to be stacked oneabove the other, hanger brackets 28 can be vertically attached one tothe other with the section 34 of the lower bracket engaging the section32 of the upper bracket. Alternatively, the lower bracket can take theform shown in FIGURES 4 and 5 wherein section 34 of the lower bracketcan be replaced by a stnaight slotted section 46 having a horizontalslot 42.

Brackets 2%; instead of being in the form of metal plates can be in theform of suitably S-shaped wires as shown at 59 in FIGURE 3.

While I have described my invention with particular reference to thedrawings, my protection is to be limited only by the terms of the claimwhich follows.

I claim:

In combination with a toilet having a vertical water tank with aremovable top cover, at least one cabinet positioned adjacent one sideof said tank and having an opening for use, additional first and secondcabinets stacked one above the other adjacent the other side of thetank, each axiditional cabinet having an opening for use, each of saidcabinets having a horizontal slit in one vertical wall adjacent theassociated side of said tank and having another horizontal slit in theopposite parallel vertical wall, first means having an upper curved endengaging the top of said tank at said oneside and having: a lower curvedend engaging the slit of said one cabinet in the wall adjacent said oneside to hold said one cabinet in position, and second means engaging thetop of said tank on the other side and having first and second ventiacally spaced curved elements engaging the respective slits of saidadditional cabinets in the walls adjoining the other side to hold samein position, said elements each being a hanger bracket, said bracketsbeing secured one to another in stacked relation.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,007,177 11/61Jackson et al. 41 3,087,168 4/63 Huso 4213 LEWIS r. LENNY, PrimaryExaminer.

EDWARD v. BENHAM, Examiner.

